HC Deb 31 January 1984 vol 53 c201W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of the one-year teacher training course.

Mr. Brooke

The annual cost of providing an initial teacher training place is estimated at £2,950 at 1982–83 prices. This is an average figure covering courses of various kinds in both the universities and the public sector. The information available to the Department does not allow se Karate identification of the cost of a place on one-year postgraduate certificate in education courses.

Local Education Authority Recurrent Expenditure in England on Home-to-School Transport (Cash)
Cheshire County Council Greater London Metropolitan Districts Non-Metropolitan Counties
Expenditure £000s Expenditure £000s Expenditure £000s Expenditure £000s
1978–79 2,322 7,328 7,864 65,786
1979–80 2,512 5,965 8,565 72,257
1980–81 2,815 7,818 10,040 88,222
1981–82 2,731 6,506 9,247 95,973
1982–83* 2,911 7,612 9,188 100,368
* Provisional.

Comparable figures for earlier years are not available. The Department does not collect information about the number c f pupils in respect of which this expenditure was incurred.